Mehta: it challenged the act of the state... ... Sabarimala Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench [Day 2]

Mehta: it challenged the act of the state government whereby it had taken over the administration. In this judgment of Gajendragadkar J-"Whilst we are dealing with this point it may not be out of place incidentally to strike a note of caution and Observe that in order that the practices in question should be treated as a part of religion they must be regarded by the said religion as its essential and integral part"- this test was never laid down in the 3 judgments. What they had said that it should be internally religious or integral